WHAT'S MAKING NEWS TODAY? 2015 Edition

[achjimmy]

Let's see how they tackle the issue of drones invading privacy once this goes to the next step?

Drone sparks alarm in Goulburn’s maximum security prison

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/drone-sparks-alarm-in-goulburns-maximum-security-prison/story-fni0cx12-1227645054610?login=1

[Bird]

Havin pommy olds, I grew up watchin all these shows...

The actor Nicholas Smith – best known for playing Mr Cuthbert Rumbold in the BBC television comedy Are You Being Served? – has died aged 81.



“It is with great sadness we can confirm that our client, the actor Nicholas Smith, passed away yesterday,” said a statement from his agent, Michelle Braidman Associates. “He was a lovely man and a terrific actor. He will be much missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts are with his family.”

Smith died in hospital on Sunday. His daughter is actor Catherine Russell, who plays Serena Campbell in Holby City.

Are You Being Served? first aired in 1972, with Smith as Mr Rumbold, the manager of the fictional department store Grace Brothers. Smith was a fixture on the show until its end in 1985, and was the last surviving member of the original cast.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/07/are-you-being-served-actor-nicholas-smith-dies-aged-81

[edz]

Let's see how they tackle the issue of drones invading privacy once this goes to the next step?

Drone sparks alarm in Goulburn’s maximum security prison

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/drone-sparks-alarm-in-goulburns-maximum-security-prison/story-fni0cx12-1227645054610?login=1

This sort of stuffs been goning on for a while now, think they would have set up a Geo fence type of security perimeter jamming station that scrambles the radio controls and crashes the drone before it gets over the prison .

[xcvator]

The screwing he's getting for the screwing he got

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/craig-thomson-to-face-vic-court/news-story/c8b286a2da1db496b806cef8c8d1f0a6

[gronk]

From what I've been told, he spent all his money trying to keep out of jail, so he'll probably get to pay it off over 20 yrs at $80/week !

[Bird]

Jonah Lomu was a real legend, a giant of a player.  Very sad news but it seems he has been suffering ill health for a while.   Kevin

The story gets sadder... too many blow ins and hangers-on...

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-union/new-zealand-rugby/caught-in-a-perfect-storm-former-all-black-jonah-lomus-lost-millions-20151215-glogwq.html

[krisandkev]

Overnight news-  Straight out of the old 'BELIEVE IT OR NOT'

A British jury only took 30 minutes to find a Saudi millionaire not guilty of rape after he claimed he accidentally penetrated an 18-year-old girl on his couch when he tripped and fell.

The girl testified she and a 24-year-old friend had gone back to property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz’s apartment after a drink in an exclusive nightclub.

The 46-year-old old then took her friend into the bedroom and she fell asleep on the couch.

She told court she awoke to find Abdulaziz on top of her and forcing himself inside of her.

He denied that story. Instead, Abdulaziz claimed he came out of the bedroom to offer the girl a T-shirt to sleep in or pay for a cab ride home. But when she pulled him towards her, he fell. He said that’s when his erect penis must have accidentally penetrated her.

That’s how traces of his DNA could have been found in her vagina, he claimed, as he'd just had sex with her friend.

Brings to mind a certain Bruce Willis movie where he used a similar line.....  Kevin

[xcvator]

Overnight news-  Straight out of the old 'BELIEVE IT OR NOT'

A British jury only took 30 minutes to find a Saudi millionaire not guilty of rape after he claimed he accidentally penetrated an 18-year-old girl on his couch when he tripped and fell.

The girl testified she and a 24-year-old friend had gone back to property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz’s apartment after a drink in an exclusive nightclub.

The 46-year-old old then took her friend into the bedroom and she fell asleep on the couch.

She told court she awoke to find Abdulaziz on top of her and forcing himself inside of her.

He denied that story. Instead, Abdulaziz claimed he came out of the bedroom to offer the girl a T-shirt to sleep in or pay for a cab ride home. But when she pulled him towards her, he fell. He said that’s when his erect penis must have accidentally penetrated her.

That’s how traces of his DNA could have been found in her vagina, he claimed, as he'd just had sex with her friend.

Brings to mind a certain Bruce Willis movie where he used a similar line.....  Kevin

Must remember that for next time I pick up an 18 year old 

[Bird]

Overnight news-  Straight out of the old 'BELIEVE IT OR NOT'

A British jury only took 30 minutes to find a Saudi millionaire not guilty of rape after he claimed he accidentally penetrated an 18-year-old girl on his couch when he tripped and fell.

The girl testified she and a 24-year-old friend had gone back to property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz’s apartment after a drink in an exclusive nightclub.

The 46-year-old old then took her friend into the bedroom and she fell asleep on the couch.

She told court she awoke to find Abdulaziz on top of her and forcing himself inside of her.

He denied that story. Instead, Abdulaziz claimed he came out of the bedroom to offer the girl a T-shirt to sleep in or pay for a cab ride home. But when she pulled him towards her, he fell. He said that’s when his erect penis must have accidentally penetrated her.

That’s how traces of his DNA could have been found in her vagina, he claimed, as he'd just had sex with her friend.

Brings to mind a certain Bruce Willis movie where he used a similar line.....  Kevin

Theres now some rich Jurors there!

like to see what would happen if she had a knife and accidentally slipped .... she would get stoned to death

[Robbo]

Yep, saw that story yesterday and my reaction was "Un Bloody Believable"
How could a judge possibly believe such a crock of s##t.
Obviously he and the jurors were paid off. Justice for the rich and famous
differs greatly from the average joe blogs in the street.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Must remember that for next time I pick up an 18 year old 

The only 18 year old you'd pickup would be a bottle of wine...... and you'd bitch about the price if was over $6.99

[xcvator]

A step in the right direction maybe 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/companies/coles-to-abandon-price-sharing-platform-in-response-to-ripoff-scheme-allegations/news-story/1d67cd771ad28b6d6d00525e268b0b5f

[xcvator]

Poor Hirdy, all that money spent on legal loopholes, not in denying using or condoning the use of illegal drugs

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/james-hird-left-with-174-million-legal-bill-after-drugs-war-against-afl/news-story/e7b85ebe1690e24cd4fdc707a394f5b8

[Bird]

Just when you think this world cant get any more ****ed up

Police are hunting a group of juveniles who tied a rope across a road that struck a motorcyclist, before they beat him as he lay injured on Thursday night.

The disturbing incident happened on Wellington Street about 11.30pm.

The 19 year-old victim, from Guildford, was riding his motorcycle east along Wellington Street in front on the Perth Train Station near the Green Cactus installation, when he was struck in the throat and dislodged by a piece of rope the group tied across the road.

"He was able to move onto the paved area in front of the train station, where he removed his helmet, but was immediately surrounded by a group of juveniles," a police spokesperson said.
"One of the juveniles then struck him over the back of his head with a glass bottle."

The man suffered cuts to the back of his scalp and rope burns on his neck and was taken to Royal Perth Hospital.
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/perth-man-clotheslined-with-rope-on-wellington-street-before-being-glassed-20151218-glqp6b.html#ixzz3udP22agH

[tk421]

Theres now some rich Jurors there!

like to see what would happen if she had a knife and accidentally slipped .... she would get stoned to death

This was in Britain. I don't think stoning has been a punishment there since the Middle Ages


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[Moggy]

She'll probably end up floating down the Thames for making false accusations

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[D4D]

Really?

http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/united-firefighters-union-orders-members-to-ignore-plea-as-victoria-faces-scorching-heat/news-story/966aac2619585a63b12388cf4486ea19

[akarosco]

Really?

http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/united-firefighters-union-orders-members-to-ignore-plea-as-victoria-faces-scorching-heat/news-story/966aac2619585a63b12388cf4486ea19

Well fancy that.
Murdoch Press runs negative story on Union. Makes a change from attacking construction Unions.
Murdoch Press, must be true.



Relax, put the diff lock on, climb another sand dune & enjoy the view.

[xcvator]

Really?

http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/united-firefighters-union-orders-members-to-ignore-plea-as-victoria-faces-scorching-heat/news-story/966aac2619585a63b12388cf4486ea19


If that's true I hope that "union boss's " house catches fire and there's no-one to fight it,, karma would be good , he's ferkin idiot

[krisandkev]

Now I wonder why we are losing the battle with drugs.     The media says policing has failed.  What about this for part of the problem. 

As reported in Qld media, Drug-dealing realtor walks free after being sentenced to 18 months’ jail, wholly suspended. HE HAD a $1400 a week drug habit and hid “ice” in a secret panel in his kitchen, but now high-flying real estate agent Ryan McCann has walked from court a free man.
McCann, 37, was once named one of Australia’s top real estate agents and earned up to $500,000 a year, but had a spectacular fall from grace when police raided his home last September and found methylamphetamines in a secret kitchen compartment.
He grinned outside court yesterday after Brisbane District Court Chief Judge Kerry O’Brien handed down an 18-month jail term, to be wholly suspended for the next two years.
For two years, police intercepted his phone calls during Operation Kilo Whiskey and also discovered he was texting drug customers on his work phone using code words like “present” for ice.
It culminated in the raid on his home, where almost 4mg of ice was found along with drug utensils in a secret compartment in his kitchen.
He pleaded guilty to 24 charges of suppling dangerous drugs to five people, although a trafficking charge was dropped and the court was told there was no commercial gain to his offending.

The court system is getting worse and there appears to be nothing we can do about it.  The Judges and Magistrates are above us all.. Even our current politicians will not take them on and there are things they can do.   Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just makes me so mad    Kevin

[Rumpig]

The court system is getting worse and there appears to be nothing we can do about it.  The Judges and Magistrates are above us all.. Even our current politicians will not take them on and there are things they can do.   Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just makes me so mad    Kevin

the Courier Mail said it best the other day with the Baden Clay verdict...The Law Is An Ass

[Robbo]

Untill such time as some of these judges family members and their personal property and assets become the victims of these crims and scumbags, then i don't think things will change anytime soon.
They all live in their ivory towers and within their own circles, and have no concept of what real victims of crime, who are real everyday people like you and i, have to go through when being robbed, raped, ripped-off or beaten  as nobody really cares about victims. It is all about the criminal and his unfortunate upbringing, and poor me syndrome and how can we help and rehabilitate him.   

[Robbo]

One of the worst kept rumours in the NRL circles confirmed. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3368135/Russell-Crowe-s-relationship-Burgess-brothers-mother-Julie-leaves-ex-wife-Danielle-Spencer-shock-spotted-canoodling-Ed-Sheeran-concert.html

[robbo1172]

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3594747/cyclists-to-carry-id-under-new-rules/?cs=305

[Moggy]

One of the worst kept rumours in the NRL circles confirmed. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3368135/Russell-Crowe-s-relationship-Burgess-brothers-mother-Julie-leaves-ex-wife-Danielle-Spencer-shock-spotted-canoodling-Ed-Sheeran-concert.html

He was punching way above his weight with Danielle Spencer anyway.
He's Sydney's answer to Warnie ?

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